Stump-burner.



J; HL HEMPY. STUNIP BURNER. APPLICATION min MAY 4. 191e.

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Patted July 4, 1916.

TQHN' .HENRY HEMPY, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, OHIO.

STUMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1916. Serial No. 95,474.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be 1t known that I, JOHN H. Hnnrr, 1,

ycitizen of the United States, residing at New Hampshire, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have inventedr certain new and useful Improvements in Stump- Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description .of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to, the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked'thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for burning stumps and consists essentially in the provision of a casing, open ended and tapering, and adapted to be fitted over the stump and to confine the lre about the stump and produce a draft, suitable spark arresters being provided to prevent the spark passing out the exit end of the casing.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangev ments of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and then specically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which I have shown a vertical centra-l sectional `view of my stump burning deviceadjusted in position for use over a stump.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawing by letter, A designates a lower section of the device which is tapering and open at both ends and is adapted to be positioned about the stump, a portion of the ground about the lower'end first being recessed away in order to permit a draft underneath the easing. A superimposed section B, conical in form 'and open-ended7 telescopes over the lower section and is provided with rods D, held horizontally in apertures in the walls thereof and which support a spark arrester C. A damper C2 is positioned within the lower section and is mounted upon a rocking shaft C and affords means for 'regulating the draft.

In operation, the device is placed over the stump in the manner shown and the stump ignited, the chi1nney-like sections forming a .supported by said rodsand their marginal edges engaging the .inner surface of the shell in which they are supported, said screens being arranged eoncentrieally with slight spacesintervening between the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence'of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY HEMIY.

.Witnesses R. ERSTOCKER,

J. T. Boomer. 

